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# Padukasahasra 22

Pādukāsahasra 22

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [22.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.22.20) — 2 parts

### [22.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.22.1)

kalyāṇaprakṛtiṃ vande bhajantīṃ kāñcanaśriyam |  
padārhāṃ pādukāṃ śaureḥ pada eva niveśitām ||

> I praise the sandal of auspicious nature, possessing the splendor of gold,  
> worthy of the foot of Śauri, and placed precisely upon his foot.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [22.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.22.2)

madhujittanukāntitaskarāṇāṃ jaladānāmabhayaṃvidhātukāmā |  
capaleva tadaṅghrimāśrayantī bhavatī kāñcanapāduke vibhāti ||

> Desiring to grant security to the clouds  
> that steal the lustre of Madhujit’s body,  
> you shine, golden sandal, resorting to his foot,  
> like a flash of lightning.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [22.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.22.3)

nikaṣīkṛtaramyakṛṣṇaratnā bhavatī kāñcanasampadaṃ vyanakti |  
paripuṣyati pāduke yadīkṣā sahasā naḥ samaloṣṭakāñcanatvam ||

> Having the lovely dark gem turned into a touchstone,  
> you reveal your wealth of gold,  
> O sandal, whose very sight instantly fosters in us  
> the state of regarding a clod of earth and gold as equal.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [22.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.22.4)

surabhirnigamaiḥ samagrakāmā kanakotkarṣavatī padāvani tvam |  
diśasi pratipannamādhavaśrīraniśonnidramaśokavaibhavaṃ naḥ ||

> Fragrant through the Vedas, having every desire fulfilled,  
> possessing the excellence of gold, O foot-protector,  
> you, having attained the splendour of Mādhava,  
> continually grant us the blossoming majesty of the Aśoka tree \[freedom from sorrow\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [22.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.22.5)

sati varṇaguṇe suvarṇajāte rjagati ravyātamasaurabhādavarṇam |  
śrutisaurabhaśālinā svahemnā bhavatī śauripadāvani vyudāsthat ||

> Though gold possesses the excellence of color,  
> its ill fame in the world for lack of fragrance  
> you, O foot-protector of Śauri, have dispelled  
> with your own gold that possesses the fragrance of the Śruti.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [22.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.22.6)

pratipannamayūrakaṇṭhadhāmnā pariśuddhena padāvani svakena |  
kamalāstanabhūṣaṇocitaṃ tadbhavatī ratnamalaṅkaroti hemnā ||

> With your own pure gold,  
> which has assumed the splendour of a peacock's neck,  
> you, O foot-protector, adorn that gem \[the Kaustubha\],  
> worthy of adorning Kamalā's breasts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [22.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.22.7)

kāntyā paraṃ puruṣamāpraṇakhāt suvarṇaṃ kartuṃ kṣamā tvamasi kāñcanapādarakṣe |  
anyādṛśīṃ diśasi yā vinatasya dūrā-dāragvadhastabakasampadamindumauleḥ ||

> With your brilliance you are able to make the Supreme Person  
> golden right up to his toenails, O golden footwear;  
> you who bestow from afar an unprecedented wealth of cassia clusters  
> upon the moon-crested \[Śiva\] who bows down.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [22.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.22.8)

candrākṛtiḥ kathamakalpayathāstadānīṃ vaimānikapraṇayinīvadanāmbujānām |  
vikrāntikālavitatena nijena dhāmnā bālātapaṃ balivimardanapāduke tvam ||

> How did you, having the moon’s form,  
> fashion early morning sunshine for the lotus faces  
> of the beloved wives of the gods dwelling in their aerial chariots,  
> with your own radiance spread out at the time of the strides, O sandal of the crusher of Bali?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [22.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.22.9)

lebhe tadāprabhṛti nūnamiyaṃ bhavatyāḥ kāntyā kaveratanayā kanakāpagātvam |  
yāvanmukundapadahemapadāvani tvaṃ puṇyaṃ vibhūṣitavatī pulinaṃ tadīyam ||

> Surely from that time forth this daughter of Kavera  
> attained the state of being a golden river through your brilliance,  
> when, golden foot-protector of Mukunda’s feet,  
> you adorned her holy sandbank.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [22.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.22.10)

citraṃ sarojanilayāsahitasya śaure-rvāsocitāni caraṇāvani saṃvidhitsoḥ |  
sadyo vikāsamupayānti samādhibhājāṃ candrātapena tava mānasapaṅkajāni ||

> O foot-guard, as Śauri, accompanied by the lotus-dwelling \[Lakṣmī\],  
> desires to make garments fit for wearing,  
> it is wondrous that the mind-lotuses of those devoted to meditation  
> instantly blossom by the moonlight of your radiance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [22.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.22.11)

tvayyeva pādamadhiropya navaṃ pravāhaṃ nāthe padāvani niśāmayituṃ pravṛtte |  
ātmīyakāñcanarucā bhavatī vidhatte hemāravindabharitāmiva hemasindhum ||

> When the Lord, placing his foot on you alone, O foot-protector,  
> sets out to behold the fresh flood \[of the river\],  
> you, with your own golden lustre, make  
> the golden river appear as if filled with golden lotuses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [22.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.22.12)

viharati pulineṣu tvatsakhe raṅganāthe kanakasaridiyaṃ te pāduke hemadhāmnā |  
vahati salilakelīsrastacolāvarodha-stanakalaśaharidrāpaṅkapiṅgāmavasthām ||

> When your companion, Raṅganātha, disports upon the sandbanks,  
> this golden river, O sandal, through your golden radiance,  
> assumes a condition tawny with the turmeric paste from the jar-like breasts  
> of the Cola women’s inner apartments, washed off during water sports.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [22.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.22.13)

surabhinigamagandhā saumyapadmākarasthā kanakakamalinīva prekṣyase pāduke tvam |  
bhramara iva sadā tvāṃ prāptanānāvihāraḥ śatamakhamaṇinīlaḥ sevate śārṅgadhanvā ||

> Possessing the fragrance of the sweet-smelling Vedas, situated on the lovely lotus-like foot,  
> you are seen, O sandal, like a golden lotus-pond;  
> and the wielder of the Śārṅga bow, dark as a sapphire,  
> engaging in various pastimes, attends upon you constantly like a bee.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [22.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.22.14)

kanakaruciravarṇāṃ pāduke sahyasindhuḥ śriyamiva mahanīyāṃ sindhurājasya patnī |  
svayamiha savidhasthā saumyajāmātṛyuktā-mupacarati rasena tvāmapatyābhimānāt ||

> Possessing a brilliant golden color, O sandal,  
> the river born from the Sahya \[Kāverī\], wife of the king of oceans,  
> here stands close by of her own accord, and with affection serves you,  
> who are united with her handsome son-in-law, out of the proud love for a daughter, like Śrī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [22.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.22.15)

anukalamupajīvyā dṛśyase nirjarāṇāṃ tripuramathanamaulau śekharatvaṃ dadhāsi |  
pratipadamadhigamya prāptaśṛṅgā'si śaure-stadapi caraṇarakṣe pūrṇacandrākṛtistvam ||

> You are seen at every moment to be the source of life for the gods;  
> you wear the state of a crest upon the head of the destroyer of the three cities \[Śiva\];  
> resorting to the foot at every step, you have reached the pinnacle,  
> and yet, O foot-guard, you have the form of the full moon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [22.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.22.16)

kanakamapi tṛṇaṃ ye manvate vītarāgā-stṛṇapi kanakaṃ te jānate tvatprakāśaiḥ |  
madhuripupadarakṣe yat tvadarthopanītān pariṇamayasi haimān devi dūrvāṅkurādīn ||

> Those free from passion who deem even gold to be straw  
> come to know through your radiance that even grass is gold;  
> since, O queen, foot-guard of the enemy of Madhu,  
> you transform into gold the sprouts of dūrvā grass offered for your sake.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [22.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.22.17)

viśuddhimadhigacchati jvalanasaṅgamāt kāñcanaṃ vidanti ca jaganti tanna khalu tadviparyasyati |  
kathaṃ kanakapāduke kamalalocane sākṣiṇi tvayaiva pariśuddhatā hutabhujo'pi jāghaṭyate ||

> Gold attains purity by contact with fire,  
> and the worlds know this; indeed, it is never otherwise.  
> Yet how is it, O golden sandal, that when the lotus-eyed \[Lord\] is witness,  
> the purity of fire itself is brought about by you alone?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [22.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.22.18)

tārāsaṅgaprathitavibhavāṃ cārujāmbūnadābhāṃ tvāmārūdhastridaśamahitāṃ pāduke raṅganāthaḥ |  
sañcāriṇyāṃ suraśikhariṇastasthuṣā mekhalāyāṃ dhatte mattadviradapatinā sāmyakakṣyāṃ samīkṣyām ||

> Raṅganātha, mounted upon you whose majesty is proclaimed by the touch of pearls,  
> who possess the lovely splendour of gold, and are worshipped by the gods,  
> assumes a comparable state worthy of being seen  
> by a lordly elephant in rut standing upon the moving slope of Mount Meru.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [22.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.22.19)

kanakarucirā kāvyākhyātā śanaiścaraṇocitā śritagurubudhā bhāsvadrūpā dvijādhipasevitā |  
vihitavibhavā nityaṃ viṣṇoḥ pade maṇipāduke tvamasi mahati viśveṣāṃ naḥ śubhā grahamaṇḍalī ||

> Lovely as gold \[like Mercury/planet-sheen\], praised in poetry \[like Venus\], fit for moving slowly \[like Saturn\],  
> resorting to Jupiter and Mercury, radiant in form \[like the Sun\], served by Garuḍa and the best of the twice-born \[like the Moon\],  
> your majesty ever established in the abode of Viṣṇu, O jewelled sandal,  
> you are for all of us an auspicious circle of planets in the great \[sky\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [22.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.22.20)

prajvalitapañcahetirhiraṇmayīṃ tvāṃ hiraṇyavilayārhaḥ |  
āvahatu jātavedāḥ śriyamiva naḥ pāduke nityam ||

> May Jātavedas, who has ignited the five weapons,  
> who is worthy of dissolving gold,  
> ever bring you, the golden one, to us, O sandal,  
> just as \[he brings\] Śrī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [22.20.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.22.20.p1)

iti kavitārkikasiṃhasya sarvatantrasvatantrasya śrīmadveṅkaṭanāthasya śrīmadvedāntācāryasya kṛtiṣu śrīraṅganāthapādukāsahasre kāñcanapaddhatirdvāviṃśī ||

> Thus ends the twenty-second section, the Section on Gold,  
> in the Thousand Verses on the Sandals of the Glorious Raṅganātha, composed by the Lion among poets and logicians, the master of all systems, the venerable Veṅkaṭanātha, the venerable Vedānta Teacher.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [22.20.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.22.20.p2)

23. śeṣapaddhatiḥ (10)

> 23. The Section on the Servant (10)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra~en-mt.22.1) — English, machine translation

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